Centcom’s first CTO Schuyler Moore moves on to Navy intel role in Europe

Schuyler Moore is set to move on from her role serving as U.S. Central Command’s first-ever chief technology officer, and she’ll soon head to the U.S. Naval Forces Europe headquarters in Naples, Italy, where she’s been mobilized by the Navy Reserve, she revealed on Friday. 

In an email after making the announcement of her departure on social media, Moore told DefenseScoop that in addition to her civilian roles, she’s also served in the sea service’s reserves for the last four years.

It was in that capacity as a reservist that Moore previously made waves as a rising star at U.S. Naval Forces Central Command’s innovation-pushing Task Force 59 in Bahrain. Now, she said, the service is mobilizing her to U.S. European Command’s Navy component for one year as an intelligence officer.

Moore said in the email that while she’s sad to leave her team at Centcom, she’s looking forward to gaining more experience in uniform. 

Centcom personnel responded to — and captured critical data on — disruptive, real-world attacks from Iran-backed rebels and other threats in waters around the Middle East during Moore’s tenure. Even before she arrived, that command had built a reputation as one of the Defense Department’s leading early AI adopters. 

And with Moore as CTO, that hub has accelerated military technology deployments via modern and rapid experimentation series, and steadily refined high-tech computer vision, pattern detection, and decision support capabilities for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and other missions.  

In the email with DefenseScoop, Moore declined to share the name of the person who’s been tapped to succeed her at Centcom, but called them a “rockstar.”